- 05 Jul 2020 23:34
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@Donna that would be a much more accurate assessment.
IIRC in the South around 5% of Whites owned slaves and in the Indian Territory around 3% of the Native Americans did.
Rich wrote:In 1860 1.4% of Whites owned slaves. I can't find the figure for 1860, but it seems that in 1830 just under 1.2% of free Blacks owned slaves.
IIRC in the South around 5% of Whites owned slaves and in the Indian Territory around 3% of the Native Americans did.